Gerd Schenkel

Gerd Schenkel 2016

Gerd Schenkel is an Australian business person ^[1] and the current CEO of Tyro Payments, an Australian EFTPOS services company, aiming to "disrupt" the incumbent banks.^[2][3][4][5]

Prior to that, Gerd Schenkel was the Executive Director of Telstra Digital, the digital division of one of Australia's largest corporations.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}

In 2008, he launched UBank, the direct bank of National Australia Bank which has grown its balance sheet to approximately $20b.^[11][12][13]

Schenkel has an Master degree in Engineering and an MBA from the Columbia Business School in New York.^[14] He is the co-author of several scientific articles in the field of robotics. ^[15]

References

1. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/financial-services/tyros-new-boss-gerd-schenkel-says-fintech-revolution-mostly-hype/news-story/53f3531516350cd11c873718fe089f12
2. "Tyro turns to Gerd Schenkel as new CEO to disrupt the banks". Afr.com. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
3. "UBank Founder Gerd Schenkel Takes Helm at Tyro". The Australian. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
4. "Former Telstra digital chief takes CEO spot at fintech player Tyro". Cio.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
5. "Tyro Payments brings in Aussie banking tech veteran - IBS Intelligence". Ibsintelligence.com. 20 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
6. "Telstra calls on Master of Robotics to rewire its malfunctioning internet home page". The Australian. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
7. "Telstra to expand online service and add more than 100 new stores". Telstra.com.au. 2011-02-21. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
8. Kimmorley, Sarah (19 May 2015). "Telstra's Digital boss has a message for everyone who thinks they can mess up in business: 'Failure is not OK'". Businessinsider.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
9. "Telstra - Telstra's Digital Story". Telstra.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
10. Battersby, Lucy. "Telstra wants to get more customers online". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
11. "NAB unveils UBank". Nab.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
12. "Financial results". Nab.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
13. McIntyre, Paul. "NAB goes online to reach people allergic to banks". Smh.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
14. "Gerd Schenkel joins Jost Stollmann as Tyro's new CEO to build the nextGen Bank - Tyro Payment". Tyro.com. Retrieved 2016-10-22.
15. https://scholar.google.com.au/scholar?hl=en&q=gerd+schenkel&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=